Luis Zúñiga

Luis Zúñiga is an Ecuadorian writer. He was born in Quito in 1955. He studied anthropology in Ecuador and Italy, and has worked extensively in the . He has also been a diplomatic and cultural emissary in Cuba.^[1][2]

He is the author of five novels:

• Manuela (1991), a historical novel about Manuela Saenz which won the , and was published in Ecuador and in Colombia, Cuba, Peru and Venezuela
• Rayo (1997), Primera Mención del Jurado de la Bienal de la Novela ecuatoriana
• Extasia (2007), jury mention at the
• Un As de alto vuelo (2010)
• Karaoke

He has also written for the theatre, for example, the dramatic monologue La celebración (2009). As a poet, he has published three collections:

• Ruidos intercostales (1982)
• Del barrio a la ciudad (1985)
• Versiones (1996).

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